Category: Letters

“I want to be very clear about this: Abuse by churchmen and churchwomen — abuse of authority, abuse of power and sexual abuse – is a monstrosity, because the churchman or churchwoman, whether priest, religious man or woman, or layman or laywoman, is called to serve and to create unity, to make grow, and abuse… Continue reading On Friday, October 28, 2022, it will be exactly six years since the Bishop of the Diocese of Venice in Florida, Bishop Frank J. Dewane, ruined my life.

COMMEMORATION OF ST. CHRISTOPHER JULY 25, 2022 COMMEMORATION OF ST. CHRISTOPHER As I sit looking out my sixth floor Health Park hospital window today, the commemoration of St. Christopher, I have plenty of time to reminisce about days that I would describe as “better.” Were they days that were perfect? There are no such things!… Continue reading JULY 25, 2022

FROM CHANGE.ORG - JUST A THOUGHT Comparisons can be odious, but I could not help reading the above online appeal through the prism of my own life. I am not suggesting that Tevin Hill is not guilty, although his family feels passionately that he is. Mr. Hill is accused of murdering a friend, an extremely… Continue reading FROM CHANGE.ORG – JUST A THOUGHT

10:15, July 24, 2022 While it was expected, I never thought that I would see the overturning of Roe v. Wade, in spite of how often I have argued for that often during my pro-life life.  There will be ludicrous arguments that suggest the Court is telling women that they are not really citizens, that a… Continue reading 10:15, July 24, 2022

June 19, 1976 Forty-six years ago on June 19, I was ordained a priest with my classmate from the monastery, Fr. John Fortin. It was a day we were looking forward to since our elevation to the transitional diaconate the year before. Our families’ had gathered, and given the distance most had traveled, my family… Continue reading June 19, 1976

When Absolute Power Corrupts Recently the Holy Father, Pope Francis, warned the leaders of a variety of lay-led Church groups that proliferated after the Second Vatican Council that “their mission is to serve, not to wield power or exert control over other.”  It is a message that is not unfamiliar to the pontificate of Francis.  Whether the… Continue reading

At the end of July, one of the highest ranking clerics in the Vatican, and a one-time close confidante of Pope Francis, Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, went on trial for alleged financial crimes. The trial is noteworthy not only because of the extent of the alleged crimes, the spending of what would be $412 million… Continue reading The Church Could Use the Courage of Alexei Navalny

"Why? Why? Why did you let it go on for so long?" the cleric asks.It wasn’t a terribly bold question to ask, and yet we were told that some 70+ clerics were “frozen in silence,” as they listened to one of their confreres ask the newly appointed administrator of the Diocese of Avignon in France:… Continue reading BUSE IS ABUSE, WHETHER SEXUAL OR CLERICAL. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT THIS LONG!